Creel for warping



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I'. H. EATRIGK. CREBL POR WARPING,BBAM1NG, AND OTHER MACHINES.

Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. PATRICK, OF SOUTH HADLEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS C. ENTWISTLE, OF LOVELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

GREEL FOR WARPING, BEAM.|Nc,'ANo OTHER MACHINES'.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 350,5573, dated October 12, 1886,. l Application nien July s, issn." serial No. naiv-i9. (No mann.)

To all whom 1lb may concern: y

Be it known that I, FRANK H. PATRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Hadley, in the county of Hampshire and Oommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oreels for VVarping, Beaming, and other Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to creels adapted to hold the spools from which the yarn is taken to fill the warp-beam, and has for its object to facilitate the operation of tying in.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a creel embody-ing my invention, with a pant of the guide-rail, part of the back comb of a warping-machine, and a part of the frame of the warping-machine; also one of the brackets which support said rail and comb; Fig. 2, a plan of said ereel with the spool-holders in position for use, and Fig. 3 a plan of said creel wit-l1 the spoolholders in position to allow the spools to be removed, a portion of the top of the frame of the `'Creel being removed in Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 4,

an isometric view of a spool-holder detached, the middle parts of the sides ofthe spool-holder being broken away; Fig. 5, asection on the line :c x in Fig. 2; Fig. 6, asection on the line y yin Fig. 3; Fig. 7, a plan of the bottom of one of the rear spool-holders, to show the means of preventing the same from turning accidentally; Fig. 8, a detail elevation of the lower part of the creel-frame, near its rear end, and an elevation of the lower part of a spoolholder.

Crcels for warping-machines ordinarily consist of two frames, each consistingof ahorizontal top board and a horizontal bottom board connected by parallel vertical stiles mortised into said bottom board and top board, the stiles being adapted to Vreceive horizontal spindles or skewers as they are commonly called, upon which the spools turn. These frames are ordinarily placed with reference to each other like thev arms of a letter V, and are hinged together.. Owing to the difficulty of getting at the spools, it takesagirl from threequarters of an hour to an hour to tie in four hundred spools.

In the construction of my ereel I use a creelframe formed in two rectangular sections, A A', hinged together at a a. These sections are much narrower than the usual top board and bottom hoard, which require i to be at least as wide as the length of the spoolB and the thickness of the two stiles which connect the top board and the bottom board and support the spools. Instead Aot the fixed stiles ordinarily used, I use rectangular spool-holders 0, the sides e of which` are far enough apart to allow the spools B to be supported horiy zontally between said sides upon spindles or skewers H in the usual manner. The upper and lower ends of the holders C are provided with pivots 0'which enter holes in the top and bottom of the sections A A', and enable the holders to be rotated on their vertical axes. The tops of all the holders in one section,A or A', of the creel are connected together by a strip, E, which is connected by pins @inserted in the top ol" said holders and projecting upward through holes in said strip. This is to enable all ofthe holders in thesame section of the ereel to be rotated together. rIhe lower end of the holder C, which in each section of the creel stands farthest from the warping-machine, is provided with a piece of sheet metal, F, hav# ing two holes, f, into one or the other of which holes f a pin, g, secured on the top of the spring G, is raised by said spring G to hold saidholder in the position shown in Fig. 2, or in the position shown in Fig.3. The spools are supported upon horizontal spindles, commonly callet kskewers, H, which enter slots 71 formed on the inside of the spool-holders, near the rear edges of the same, the slots 7i being arranged in pairs, one slot of each pair outer end of the yarn on a full spool is tied to the inner' end of the yarn on a spool which is nearly empty, and the full spool is put in the place of the empty spool. This operation is called tying in,7 and is performed usually by a girl who stands within the Creel-that is, between the sections A A of said creel. The time required for tying in is shortened by from twenty-ve to fifty per cent. by the use of my improvement described above, which enables the girl to see between the heads of the spools, and to move the spindles and spools directly toward and away from her in the act of removing the empty spools and putting full spools in their places.

lVhen the girl or operative wishes to move the spoolholders and spools from the position they usually occupy (shown in Fig. 2) to the l position shown in Fig. 3, to allow the spools to be removed from the holders, she depresscs the spring G, which draws the pin g out of one of the holes f in the plate F and allows all the spool-holders to be turned on their pivots about ninety degrees, when the spring G, being relieved from pressure, throws the pin g into the other of said holesf, and retains the holders in the position shown in Fig. 3. After the tying in is completed the spring G is again depressed and the holders are restored to the position shown in Fig. 2L The yarns from the spools pass under the guide-rail R and through the back comb, K, and thence through the warping-machine in the usual manner.

The only parts ofthe warpi ng-machine shown, besides the guiderail and the back comb, are the frame XV (a part ol which is shown) and one of the brackets T, which, heilig secured to the frame, supports the back comband guide* rail. y

The warping-machine proper forms no part of my invention, and its construction is well understood. The front ends of the Creel-seetions A A and the outer sides of the spoolholders are provided with fenders P, which serve the usual purpose ot diminishing the friction upon the yarns, and are vertical rods of metal or glass, secured, as such fenders are commonly held, upon the creci-sections and outer stiles of an ordinary creel.

1. The combination of a creel-frame with spool-holders adapted to be rotated about their vertical axes within said frame, and to be snpported thereby, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a ereel-frame with spool-holders adapted to be rotated about their vertical axes, and to be supported by said creeiframe, and to hold spools in a suitable position for the yarn to be drawn therefrom or at will in a position at about right angles to said firstnamed position, as and for the purpose specied. i-

3. The combination of a creel-frame with spool-holders adapted to be supported by and to be rotated around their vertical axes within said frame, said spoolholders being connected to each other by a rigid strip pivoted to their ends, one of said spool-holders having a plate secured thereto in the plane of rotation of said last-named holder, said plate being provided with two holes arranged at about ninety degrees distance from each other, and a spring secured to said creci-frame and provided with a pin adapted to enter either of said holes in said plate, and to hold all of said spool-holders in a position for use, or in a position for the ready removal of spools 'fromsaid holders, as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of a creelframe formed in two rectangular sections hinged together at their adjacent edges, the top and bottom of said rectangular sections `being provided with holes, with a series of rectangular spool-frames provided with pivots at theirupper and lower ends adapted to cntcr the holes in said sections, and provided also wit-h slots, as herein described, adapted to receive and support horizontal spindles, substantially as described, and for the purpose specilied.

FRANK H. PATRICK.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN C. BRAINARDE, R. OGDEN DWIGHT. 

